Douglas Snelling

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Snelling came to Australia in 1942 following work in the USA. and New Zealand. During the 1939-45 war, he returned to the. and worked with the U.S. Navy and the Kriesler Radio Company. In 1947 he formed a partnership in Sydney to manufacture furniture to his designs. This became Functional Products. His subsequent interior design and architecture career in Australia and elsewhere parallels his embrace of modernism.
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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Chair and stool by Douglas Snelling', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Sarah Payne (1 January 1988), '"1947. Functional Products."'. Craft Australia. 1988:1, pps. 61-65>, <ExternalResource: State Library of NSW (1 January 2012), 'Douglas B. Snelling : architectural drawings 1965-1972'.>, <ExternalResource: Davina Jackson (1 January 2012), 'Douglas Snelling'.>, <ExternalResource: "Mary White Pty Ltd." advert. illus. interiors work by Snelling, Architecture and Arts, June 1956, p.22>, <ExternalResource: "Modern Display. The Work of Douglas Snelling and Associates." (illus. display and retail design), Building and Engineering. 24 June 1948, p.27>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Chair and stool by Douglas Snelling', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Sarah Payne (1 January 1988), '"1947. Functional Products."'. Craft Australia. 1988:1, pps. 61-65>, <ExternalResource: State Library of NSW (1 January 2012), 'Douglas B. Snelling : architectural drawings 1965-1972'.>, <ExternalResource: Davina Jackson (1 January 2012), 'Douglas Snelling'.>, <ExternalResource: "Mary White Pty Ltd." advert. illus. interiors work by Snelling, Architecture and Arts, June 1956, p.22>]